Charles Arthur "Charlie" Feathers (June 12, 1932–August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician.
Biography
Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and recorded a string of popular singles like "Peepin' Eyes," "Defrost Your Heart," "Tongue-Tied Jill," and "Bottle to the Baby" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records in the 1950s.
Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.
He studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough, whom he called "the beginning and end of all music". His childhood influences were reflected in his later music of the 1970s and 1980s, which had an easy-paced, sometimes sinister, country-blues tempo, as opposed to the frenetic fast-paced style favored by some of his rockabilly colleagues of the 1950s.
He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Elvis Presley. He also claimed that his "We're Getting Closer (To Being Apart)" had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun. He did, however, get his name on one of Elvis' Sun records, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" when the writer Stan Kesler asked him to record a demo of the song.
The video for the single featured actress/model Patricia Kotero, better known as Apollonia, as the female doing the "shakin". She would later go on to co-star in the film Purple Rain.
The song's video was featured on an episode of [{Beavis and Butthead}}. The duo enjoyed the video, particularly Money's faces while watching the model dance around.
"Shakin'" is a song written by Mark Miller and Randy Scruggs, and recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown. It was released in May 1986 as the third single and title track from the album Shakin'. The song reached number 15 on the BillboardHot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Music video
The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in May 1986
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Chorus:
She was shakin' (oh oh ooo oh)
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Released on: 2001-07-16
Producer: Tom Dowd
Background Vocal, Bass, Composer, Lyricist: Ralph Carter
Composer, Lyricist: Elizabeth Myers
Background Vocal, Organ, Piano: Randy Nichols
Background Vocal: Lynn Vittorini
Guitar: Marty Walsh
Drums: Gary Ferguson
Clarinet, Piano: Alan Pasqua
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Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy (Official HD Video)
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Broadcast date: 1982/8/28
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Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight
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Shakin' Stevens - Teardrops
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Shakin' Stevens - Marie, Marie
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Shakin' Stevens - Cry Just A Little Bit
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Shakin' Stevens - A Love Worth Waiting For
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Chorus:
She was shakin' (oh oh ooo oh)
Snappin' her fingers (oh oh ooo oh)
She was movin' round and round (oh oh ooo oh)
That girl was shakin' (oh oh ooo oh)
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Chorus:
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Snappin' her fingers (oh oh ooo oh)
She was movin' round and round (oh oh ooo oh)
That girl was shakin' (oh oh ooo oh)
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℗ 1982 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 2001-07-16
Producer: Tom Dowd
Background Vocal, Bass, Composer, Lyricist: Ralph Carter
Composer, Lyricist: Elizabeth Myers
Background Vocal, Organ, Piano: Randy Nichols
Background Vocal: Lynn Vittorini
Guitar: Marty Walsh
Drums: Gary Ferguson
Clarinet, Piano: Alan Pasqua
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Producer: Tom Dowd
Background Vocal, Bass, Composer, Lyricist: Ralph Carter
Composer, Lyricist: Elizabeth Myers
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Guitar: Marty Walsh
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
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Broadcast date: 1982/8/28
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Lyrics:
If you should ever want to be set free
If you're not certain your future lies with me
I'll let you go girl until your heart is sure
It's a love worth waiting for.
Now I won't stop you from leaving 'cos I know
The way to keep you would be to let you go.
And I'm prepared to wait a thousand years or more
It's a love worth waiting for.
If you should leave me oh please remember
In my heart there's a fire a flame of desire for your charms.
I will keep you alive this glowing ember.
A love that will burn until you're back in my arms.
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Radio: https://youtu.be/D7OH7A3tq9U
Yes I Do: https://youtu.be/6bsjwcqWxbQ
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Lyrics:
If you should ever want to be set free
If you're not certain your future lies with me
I'll let you go girl until your heart is sure
It's a love worth waiting for.
Now I won't stop you from leaving 'cos I know
The way to keep you would be to let you go.
And I'm prepared to wait a thousand years or more
It's a love worth waiting for.
If you should leave me oh please remember
In my heart there's a fire a flame of desire for your charms.
I will keep you alive this glowing ember.
A love that will burn until you're back in my arms.
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Chorus:
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That girl was shakin' (oh oh ooo oh)
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℗ 1982 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 2001-07-16
Producer: Tom Dowd
Background Vocal, Bass, Composer, Lyricist: Ralph Carter
Composer, Lyricist: Elizabeth Myers
Background Vocal, Organ, Piano: Randy Nichols
Background Vocal: Lynn Vittorini
Guitar: Marty Walsh
Drums: Gary Ferguson
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Broadcast date: 1982/8/28
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The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives.
AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.
AVROTROS Broadcasting
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1200 JA Hilversum
The Netherlands
TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
Music video by Shakin' Stevens performing Give Me Your Heart Tonight. (C) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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Radio: https://youtu.be/D7OH7A3tq9U
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Lyrics:
If you should ever want to be set free
If you're not certain your future lies with me
I'll let you go girl until your heart is sure
It's a love worth waiting for.
Now I won't stop you from leaving 'cos I know
The way to keep you would be to let you go.
And I'm prepared to wait a thousand years or more
It's a love worth waiting for.
If you should leave me oh please remember
In my heart there's a fire a flame of desire for your charms.
I will keep you alive this glowing ember.
A love that will burn until you're back in my arms.
Charles Arthur "Charlie" Feathers (June 12, 1932–August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician.
Biography
Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and recorded a string of popular singles like "Peepin' Eyes," "Defrost Your Heart," "Tongue-Tied Jill," and "Bottle to the Baby" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records in the 1950s.
Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.
He studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough, whom he called "the beginning and end of all music". His childhood influences were reflected in his later music of the 1970s and 1980s, which had an easy-paced, sometimes sinister, country-blues tempo, as opposed to the frenetic fast-paced style favored by some of his rockabilly colleagues of the 1950s.
He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Elvis Presley. He also claimed that his "We're Getting Closer (To Being Apart)" had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun. He did, however, get his name on one of Elvis' Sun records, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" when the writer Stan Kesler asked him to record a demo of the song.
Let me tell you bout my real gone chick She's got a different style And when she tries to talk to me I always smile She's a tongue tied Jill, my rockin' thrill But I like to hear her say Well, me dot what me want Well, me dot what me want Oh, me dot what me want Well me dot what me want Me dot what me want when me dot you Let's go! Well, I took her to a place I knew Where the lights were low And when they played a boogie beat That cat could really go We danced that night 'till daylight Then I heard her say Well, me dot what me want Well, me dot what me want Oh, me dot what me want Well, me dot what me want Me dot what me want when me dot you Let's go! Well, I asked her if she'd marry me So I could hold her hand Then she could be my lovin' Jill I'd be her rockin' man Now she won my heart, we'll never part When my girl says to me Well, me ba-da-ba-da-ba what me want Well, me ba-da-ba-da-ba what me want Oh, me ba-da-ba what me want Me ba-da-ba-da-ba what me want